Anopheles pseudowillmori is the predominant malaria vector in Motuo County, Tibet Autonomous Region.

ABSTRACT:

Background

Malaria is endemic in Linzhi Prefecture in the Tibet Autonomous Region (TAR), but the vector for malaria transmission had never been identified.

Methods

Adult Anopheles spp. were collected in Motuo County, Linzhi Prefecture on the Sino-Indian border in July and August, 2007. Multiplex PCR was adopted for species identification, and a nested PCR approach was used to detect sporozoites in the salivary glands of the mosquitoes.

Results

3,675 mosquitoes of the Anopheles maculatus group were collected and processed for species identification. Among them, 3,602 (98.0%) were Anopheles pseudowillmori and 73 (2.0%) were Anopheles willmori. The Plasmodium vivax SSUrDNA fragment was amplified in two of 360 pooled An. pseudowillmori samples.

Conclusion

The local

SUBMITTER: Wu S 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC2662868 | biostudies-literature | 2009 Mar

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature